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Gates and Jobs to Share A Stage

Posted by Zonk on from the no-not-celebrity-death-match dept.

Rob wrote with a link to a Computer Business Review online article, which reports that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Apple chief Steve Jobs will make a joint appearance at a future technologies conference in Carlsbad, California. The event is expected to last a little more than an hour, and the two computer industry magnates are expected to reflect on their pasts - while theorizing on the future. "[WSJ Tech columnist] Walt Mossberg, a co-producer of the conference who will interview the execs on-stage along with colleague Kara Swisher, said they simply invited Gates and Jobs to do the interview ... [Mossberg] declined to give any color about the questions he and Swisher are preparing, or any additional information. Most likely, Gates and Jobs will use the occasion to do some friendly sparring on their polar-opposite philosophies on personal computing. Jobs may bang on about the benefits of a software-hardware approach, while Gates may rattle off the joys of partnering with hardware partners."

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  1. while I wouldn't call it a confrontation of... by jimstapleton · · Score: 0, Redundant

    powerful good and evil, maybe powerful neutral and evil (you pick which is which).

    Wonder if anyone is taking bets on the victor?

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  2. what will they do on stage? magic! by bazorg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Jobs will step into a wooden box leaving his head and feet out. Gates will use a chainsaw to cut the box in half. there will be a fatal error.

  3. Trying to care... by tomstdenis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Given that I run neither MSFT nor apple products [aside from an ipod which has never seen itunes that was bought for me as a gift] I don't care what "vision" these two can come up with. The fact that they're talking like this at all suggests they're scared about "the other choice." Let's not forget it wasn't long ago that MSFT basically ripped off apple [who rippled off PARC] and they all got mad up in each others face about it.

    Tom

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  4. Man and PC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow.

    I hope Jobs introduces himself as Mac and Gates introduces himself as PC.

    "Hi, I'm Mac.. and I'm PC"

    That would be great!

    Jared Farnum